Another strep throat question

I posted a strep question last night...but we are still struggling. My daughter was diagnosed on Wednesday with strep. Started antibiotic. It has been over 48 hours and I see little to no improvement. Her temp is starting to inch it’s way back up. It was 99.2 a bit ago. It goes as high as 100.7. Shouldn’t I be seeing some improvement? I called Dr and he said to give it more time...I just hate seeing her so miserable. This is the first time she has had strep. She is 13. And she has camp Sunday night. I’m so bummed because I don’t know how she is going to attend unless she feels better. Ugh.

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Ouch. Strep is awful. I'm going to be honest with you, she's not making it to camp. I always thought antibiotics really seemed to start working on the 3rd or 4th day for something like that. I hope you're feeding her lots of popsicles,poor thing.

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I’ve always felt MUCH better after 1 day of taking antibiotics. If your daughter isn’t improving significantly as the days go by I’d be concerned that it was not a bacterial infection but a virus. Did they test for strep?

I had strep badly about a month ago. Within 24 hrs my throat was less sore and I wasn’t vomiting anymore but I had to take another two days off work before I felt I could go in and I felt off for about a week from start to finish. Also watch her for a weird rash about a month later. I have what they think is a mild version of some sort of psoriasis that is a result of strep. I’m waiting for results but apparently I will probably be on antibiotics for a month. Also...either throw out her toothbrush or soak it in listerian (sp?) for a while. A dr told me that otherwise the germs will stay in the brush.

Yes, they tested for strep. It was positive. 100.7 has been the highest. She has not ran a fever all day. Dr was so positive on Wednesday. He said she would definitely be good to go for camp Sunday night. I’m not seeing it yet...

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